Retired bus drivers convert old transit bus into tiny home!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- After retiring from a lifelong career working as transit drivers, Doug and Mindy decided to live in a transit coach bus! They purchased an old bus at an auction, and they converted the coach bus themselves. It's completely off-grid, with an impressive amount of solar on the roof. In this episode, they take us on a detailed tour of their home on wheels.
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0:00 Intro
0:49 Welcome to Nirvana Star
1:08 Working in Transit & Retirement
1:46 Finding the Bus
1:55 Building & Remodeling
2:30 Hard Work Makes Dreams Come True
2:48 Outside Tour Begins
3:19 Luggage Bays
4:09 Nirvana Star’s Emblem
4:52 Engine Tour & MPG
5:45 Repurposing to Keep Costs Down
6:12 AC & Solar
6:45 Bus Display Signs
7:41 Interior Tour Begins
7:56 Bus Control Systems
8:23 Living Room
9:09 Vintage & Custom Furniture
9:28 Mindy’s Kitchen Tour!
10:55 Sewing & Quilting
11:20 Sewing on the Go
12:00 Bathroom w/ Custom Pocket Door
12:48 Washing Machine
13:25 Bedroom
14:11 Custom Shirts by Mindy
14:26 If We Can Do It, You Can Do It!
15:32 Outro
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Would YOU cook in Mindy's Kitchen?! 😃
not only would I cook in her kitchen I have eaten and sewn in it! Great people!
No question about it. Yes!
Heck yeah!!👍🏼
Yes ma’am I would 😊
The kitchen is fine for it’s purpose, but I need an open fire pit and stretching room to make my masterpiece 😅
Back in the late 70s, my dad bought a bus to remodel it (he had done it in the early 70s to a van). We all thought it was such a crazy idea. Before he could start the work, he got early onset Alzheimer’s. He was a man before his time. ❤. He would have loved to have seen this. Looks so nice.😊
So sorry that your Dad suffered that way. Thank you for posting, it makes your Dad live again!
What a sweet couple. Thier love with each other is the most fascinating thing than the vehicle.
I LOVE that this shows someone who cooks, sews, embroiders....hobbies that need STUFF. And isn't "minimalist".
They both seem so precious and like good hardworking people.
What an amazingly enterprising couple!
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The love they still share for each other after all those years together is so refreshing to see.Their build is amazing.Can’t say enough about their cute little dog Zorro.
Oh my goodness! I love their story!! I love them!!
Me too…so sweet! ❤
Me too. I wonder if they'd adopt my 67 year old self. Daddy? 😅
What a delightful couple! They have made themselves such a unique and cozy home. Beautiful!
Okay, I was about to comment that they are doing what lots of retired couples do - get a motorhome. But no, this couple is special, bringing a uniqueness with their talents and personalities. And their little dog is adorable! I hope you two have many happy years ahead! ❤👍🏼
You have a Beautiful home.I love it.Beautiful Quilts.
That's the Mindy & Doug I love. As for the bus-baked cookies, trust me, they're a trip unto themselves.
They seem like they’d be a fun and interesting couple to spend time with. Salt of the earth type folks. I love their bus
What a Cool couple! Thanks for sharing their well-earned retirement with me!
What I enjoy most about this build is that they made it to suit their personal tastes. It's not about impressing anyone other than themselves. Great job!
What a cute couple plus their Yorkie dog. I love the fact they have regular house furniture in their home. How cool that they both drove buses as well. So much storage under the belly. Love 💗 everything about this.
Wow! Looks pretty perfect to me. Have a wonderful, safe future with that incredible house on wheels.❤
Beautiful home bus ( marvelous) ,beautifull people, beautifull love and beautifull Canadians .......love our beautifull country 🇨🇦 thank you for sharing 😘
@tiny_house_giant_journey what's wrong with my comment ?
There’s nothing wrong with your comment. Some people are just odd.🇨🇦
Whst a great loving couple. Love their bus, that living room looks so comfortable. The bus build is an excellent expression of who they are. Living their best life to the fullest! Thanks for the tour!
These seems like 2 quality wholesome good people. Beautiful work
Love this bus! What an amazing couple. I'm glad to see them enjoying their retirement!
Great couple; lovely homey bus and they deserve a great deal of credit. I enjoyed the tour!
Now that is totally cool -- such talent - may your dreams come totally true.
Beautifull! Love this conversion... So homy feeling. Iam a bus driver and I think it will be hard to separate from bus in retirement so I think this is a beautifull way to stay active and live with joy. Wish you good and peaceful roads!
Sad to hear Mindy saying sewing is a lost art! Among myself and other cosplayers/the cosplay community, the art is alive and well =)
We actually have a lady who teaches Sewing in our town, and the little girls are loving it. I think there’s been a few boys in the class as well. I have been working with my granddaughter on embroidery. she loves sewing and needlework
I love Doug and Mindy! What a sweet couple. With a truly unique bus makeover.
Hi, fellow Canadians!
I visited Prince Edward Island...Anne of Green Gables, home of!
My favourite flower is the Lupins...growing wild in your neck of the woods. You make us so proud, guys. Hardworking is our motto...eh?
I love this 'Ride'. You guys are great and so well suited. My hubby & I are married 56 years! We live in Ontario, now.
Have fun guys. Stay safe.
Thanks, Jenna, for showcasing this beautiful Canadian build out.
Heather🇨🇦 13:30 13:31 13:32
one of the best couples and builds I have ever seen, may we all be so lucky.
Great job guys!! We are working on a school bus now. My husband does great woodwork, and he can build just about anything. Happy trails to you two! Love your bus!!
3200 W wow!
This bus has *so* much personality. Kudos to you for creating your own unique space.
I'm struck at how much this looks like a house inside, particularly the bedroom.
What a lovely couple❤
Thanks for sharing with us their beautiful home!
Sweet couple, amazing home on wheels.
I met my friends Doug and Mindy in the Arizona desert. They made friends with my Father years prior. Doug and Mindy came around me when I was in Arizona for my father's passing. He helped me in so many ways from walking 8 miles into the desert beside me with and without words, mechanical work on my father's 1956 bus conversion and making introductions with another bus conversion that was also headed back to The Pacific Northwest when I brought my Mother and the beloved bus across the country back home for my fist long bus drive.
Doug the next year "stopped over" as Seattle WA is apparently just another bus stop between baha mexico and P.E.I. if you get the chance to meet them i hioe you fall in love with this couple ad much as my family has. Doug and Mindy are great with kids but dont let doug teach your kids how big the fish was (face slap)😅 we sure hope to host them at our place anytime.
these two are by far my favorite bus lifers i've seen so far. such the real deal, i love it!
I love this great couple and their dog Zorro! Fabulous bus! One of the BEST bus builds out there! Great job Mindy and Doug!
I beg to differ. You are rich. You have a beautiful husband who loves you. You have a cute dog. You and your husband raised a family.
You get to travel with the love of your life together in retirement.You appear to be healthy, happy, young at heart, and content.
You both are resourceful, talented, and hardworking. and smart. You are VERY rich and blessed. You deserve all of your riches.
Sweetest love I've seen online in a long time. What a beautiful couple. God bless you two!!!
You can just feel the respect and love those two have for each other. Beautiful home too!
Hello from Montréal. Love the bus, and Mindy is crafty. 😊
the normal toilet with bidet is genius ❤
They're adorable! Here's to many, many years of adventures!
Beautiful people, beautiful job, beautiful outcome. Hope they find their perfect sunset.
You guys are too cool. What a beautiful build.
An amazing couple and an incredible bus…..If they ever put it up for sale, I’d enjoy being a customer….
THIS IS THE BEST BUS TO RV CONVERSION I HAVE EVER SEEN. DOUG IS A GENIUS AT KNOWING HOW TO DO SOMETHING IN A THRIFTY MANNER, AND MINDY KNOWS HOW TOOK COOK, AND SEW TOGETHER THIS IS THE PERFECT HOME.
I WOULD HONESTLY RATE THIS TINY RV HOME A 9.5 OUT OF 10. THEY ARE CANADIAN AS WELL ❤🇨🇦👍👏👏👏👏
What a wonderful couple.
Mindy is so talented. Mindy's abilities go way beyond the common. She has superior talent. I have never seen such skill in both quilting and embroidery before. That hand stitched star quilt is amazing. She also has phenomenal patience to work on something continuously for 4 years.
Plus the fact that Doug taught himself how to understand and repair bus engines - well I admire people who self teach and are tenacious enough to pursue areas they have not previously been trained to tackle.
They are having a wonderful retirement together. They are truly lucky they found each other. You can tell by the way they interact that there is a great deal of love between them.
I wish them many more years of adventures and love together.
You say you're not rich but wealth is a state of consciousness. It doesn't have anything to do with how much you have. Look at all the people that have everything yet keep on wanting more. Likewise, look at the people who are poor but thankful for everything they have.
My jaw dropped when he said their bus is 45 feet long. It's the longest home on wheels I've seen yet. They have proven they are lacking in nothing with the home they've created.
Finally someone from my city!
Super couple..Love this! thanks luv!!
Excellent people and fantastic build. I hope more of us can be so sincerely proud of our achievements. Best of luck to them.
Doug and Mindy are fabulous people and I am so very glad to know them. Their bus is beautiful and walking into it you feel like it is home. One of these days we will hopefully have the privilege of touring with them into Mexico. Or Canada where their home is. Who knows where to mobile life will take them next. PS... Helllllooooo Zorro!
There is a perfect match for everyone out there. They found their perfect matches.
What a wonderful example of how to live good life. Yes hard work pays off. I love your work ethics, I'm from the same generation (72). Your home is lovely. So glad you are teaching sewing, it is a lost art. Your quilts are fantastic!!! You are both very talented. Enjoy your journey/travels. Stay safe. My prayers and blessings go with you.❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
My sewing friends and I are very fond of the Featherweight! A couple of us (alas not I) have one.
Incredible build. Both of you are incredible people. The world needs more like you. I love the layout and the coziness. God bless.
Love your Tiny Home Bus!
Enjoy your retirement 🌈♥️🥰
What a sweet couple. Love that piece of furniture in the bedroom. So pretty. Nice place throughout. Even the bathroom is nice. I see why that quilt is his favorite, it’s beautiful! My grandmother taught me to sew. She sewed everything and made money with her sewing. I’m not that good . But I do enjoy sewing. I hand sew mainly. Enjoyed the video!
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Well done! This hardly looks like a bus inside. It’s an amazing home. Wishing you many happy, healthy, safe years ahead.👍🏻🇨🇦
Awwww I love Mindy & Doug❤❤
Awwww , so sweet ! Beautiful couple ! Beautiful place 😊
I love everything about the bus AND Doug & Mindy! ❤ ENJOY YOU TWO!!!!!! ❤
Love, love, LOVE this couple!
Ooh Mindy. I need that pretty crystal sun spray by the blue anchor😂. It matches my bedroom perfectly!
It's a beautiful bus & y'all have done a great job!
Very very cool! Mindy you are very talented , your quilts are so pretty ❤❤❤
Such a wholesome cutie couple
Absolutely gorgeous customized bus! I love it!
This is amazing! I love that they did all the work themselves putting their personal touches on it.
You three have a beautiful home, the very best of luck to you. Be careful out there. 😊
Great video tour! Way to go Doug and Mindy! Bus looks very comfortable and homey!
loving couple. wonderful way to live a life into the sunset
I've watched a number of these videos, and this is one of my favorites!
Buses like this with that much space inside, out and solar roof space always seem excellent choices to me if you can afford it rd them. 😊
Wow, what a fun, loving couple! They definitely have worked hard for their dream and how beautiful it is! May you both have many, many more blessed years enjoying your life and all your wonderful talents together ❤
What a great couple and they built this bus very nicely. Love it. She’s a great sewer. Great job of fixing up the bus to make it like a home. Very nicely done. I need to find out where a friend of mine can watch your video on sewing. She’s making a quilt too! I thought I could let her know where to watch you at. Thank you both for showing your home.
Doug , Mini, and don't for Zoro❤ is a lovely family
Much respect to you both. Such a comfy homey feel to your bus! ❤️
Lovely homey home. I could live in your bus home. ❤❤❤❤ 2 Lovely people.
Love the quilt work and the stained glasses
U r the cutest couple … amazing home… happy trails ❤️
Woo hoo! 🇨🇦 love this couple and practical and functional their bus is
Absolutely love your bus .You guys are the cutest couple and did an amazing job.
I love that you used house furniture. It makes is so much like a home :)
I love the display sign 😂
This is a real home!
Sweetest tiny story I’ve seen so far. Love them❤️
4:31 this guys is awesome!!! What a life he’s lived!!!
🎉🎉 thanks for sharing these two wonderful souls🎉🎉
Sweet couple + adorable pooch!
Love the bus.
Thank you for the tour.
So cute! Love your home! Thank you, you fabulous couple!❤
I love these two! This was so much fun and so heartwarming to watch.
Love this- and what they've accomplished!
Beautiful Home‼️ Congratulations 🎉
What a wonderful home, and life y’all created 🎉❤
Wow that's amazing. Good for them for making there dreams come true
They are adorable, and their home is amazing 👏
What creative and nice people. Congrats!
Great job guys, well done.
Great stuff. Ingenuity is certainly not dead! Safe travels.
Great job! That is a wonderful bus to retire in.
Nice couple and great home on wheels !